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Letter to James Cossar Ewart from A.B Burn, 31 December 1915

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/21/31
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Burn thanks Ewart for his paper and enquires whether he has published anything recently on his sheep breeding experiments. He would be interested to hear what the progeny of the Siberian sheep are like.

Dates: 31 December 1915
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Albert Sherbourne Le Souef, 03 May 1926

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/32/3
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Le Souef reminds Ewart of their meeting at the Pan-Pacific Congress in Sydney and writes that he will shortly be visiting Edinburgh to see the Zoo and the 'Psoa' sheep that Ewart has been experimenting with.

Dates: 03 May 1926
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Colonel George A. Oliphant, 11 February 1910

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/16/3
Scope and Contents Oliphant asks if Ewart himself can't manage to carry ouy the experiment with the female foal out of the Przewalski's mare by the Highland pony and a hybrid male by a Przewalski's stallion out of a pony mare, as space is getting cramped at Woburn. He reports that they are going through with the experiment crossing Nepalese unicorn sheep with Southdown sheep, and they propose to do a similar experiment with Grevy's zebras and French Giant donkeys. The Duke of Bedford also asks Ewart's advice...
Dates: 11 February 1910
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Colonel George A. Oliphant, 17 February 1910

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/16/4
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Oliphant notes that Ewart is willing to conduct the previously mentioned crossing experiment himself and desires to know what animals he will require from Woburn. The Duke of Bedford asks Ewart to liaise with John T. Mackenzie of Dunvegan about obtaining some Soay sheep when the embargo on their export has been lifted.

Dates: 17 February 1910
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from D.P. Henderson, with enclosed letter to Henderson from D. Keith-Murray, 25 April 1911

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/17/24
Scope and Contents Henderson writes that the 'old breed [of sheep] at Duncansbay Head' mentioned by Keith-Murray may possibly be descendants of an old native breed, and provides information about the year-old lamb born to one of his Shetland ewes. In the letter to Henderson, dated 22 April 1911, Keith-Murray writes that he will glady give Ewart information on the horned sheep at Barrogill. He states that the four-horned ram came from Shetland while the sheep were from St Kilda and Duncansbay...
Dates: 25 April 1911
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Henry John Elwes, 22 April 1911

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/17/23
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Elwes provides some details of the 'dun-faced sheep' and suggests that Ewart impress on Claud Alexander the importance of photographing the results of his cross-breeding experiments, rather than breeding indiscriminately. He mentions the research of Professor Keller on the Bündner sheep of Switzerland and R.F Scharff in Ireland. He hopes to visit Ewart before going to Shetland.

Dates: 22 April 1911
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Henry John Elwes, [c. June 1911]

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/17/39
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Elwes writes that he will settle with the people of Shetland how many sheep to send and when. He also wants sheep from Fairisle and Foula. Balfour of Dawyck wants some sheep sent along with them, and Elwes asks Ewart if he knows of any place near Leith where the sheep could rest for a week en route. He writes that Wallace is hoping to get a grant to carry out cross-breeding experiments at the University and has suggested working together.

The letter is undated.

Dates: [c. June 1911]
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Henry John Elwes, 20 September 1911

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/17/58
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Elwes thanks Ewart for the draft of the application which he hopes to submit shortly. If Ewart can secure the grazing on the hill behind his farm, Elwes will send him 30 Shetland ewes. He will take the five sheep that are for sale for £9 and offers Ewart the Herdwick ram that Mr Howard of Greystoke is selling, if Ewart would like to try him with some Cheviot or Blackface ewes. He advises Ewart to get the printed results of experiments at the Cumberland Experimental Farm near Penrith.

Dates: 20 September 1911
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Henry John Elwes, 20 May 1912

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/18/30
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Elwes writes that he has just returned from Formosa and invites Ewart to visit him in time for the shearing of the ewes. He will also invite Lort and Bateson to settle which rams are to be kept for future experiments.

Dates: 20 May 1912
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Henry John Elwes, 25 May 1912

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/18/33
Scope and Contents Elwes writes that he has not seen anything of the paper on Scotch sheep which was to be published in The Scottish Naturalist and of which Ewart was to correct the proofs. He mentions a skull and skin of fat-tailed sheep from Central Asia which is now at the British Museum. He has spoken to Lydekker about stuffing other breeds which are not at present represented in the Domestic Animals gallery, but he has been told that there is not enough space and money. However,...
Dates: 25 May 1912
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

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Elwes, Henry John, 1846-1922 (traveller and botanist) 9
Alexander, Sir Claud, fl 1910-1930 3
Edinburgh Zoo. Edinburgh Zoological Gardens (1913) 2
Oliphant, George A., Colonel, fl 1898-1910 (employee on Woburn estate, Bedfordshire (England)) 2
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Bateson, William, 1861-1926 (English biologist and professor of genetics, University of Cambridge) 1
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British Museum (Natural History) (1881-1991) 1
Burn, A.B, fl 1915 (Board of Agriculture and Fisheries) 1
Campbell, John Douglas-Boswell, fl 1924 1
Colesbourne (fl. 1913) 1
Cowan, Alex, fl 1911 (Dalhousie Castle, Bonnyrigg (Scotland)) 1
Crichton-Stuart, John, 4th Marquess of Bute, 1881-1947 (Scottish peer) 1
Fagan, Charles Edward, 1855-1921 (assisant secretary at the Natural History Museum, London (England)) 1
Fraser, Keith, Sir, 1867-1935 (landowner and army captain) 1
Greig, Robert Blyth, Sir, 1874-1947 (agriculturalist, chairman, Scottish Board of Agriculture) 1
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Hannah, John M., fl 1924 1
Henderson, D.P, fl. 1911 1
Howard, fl 1911 1
Innes & Mackay (1874-) 1
Keith-Murray, D., fl 1911 (solicitor) 1
Keller, C., fl 1902-1905 (professor of zoology, Zurich University) 1
Le Souef, Albert Sherbourne, 1877-1951 (Australian zoologist) 1
Little, Norman, fl 1928 (doctor) 1
Lort, G.P, fl 1910 1
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Mackay, William, fl1902 (solicitor) 1
Mackenzie, John T, fl1903 (Dunvegan, Skye) 1
Mendel, Johann Gregor, 1822-1884 (Austrian biologist and botanist) 1
Scharff, Richard Francis, 1858-1934 (naturalist, keeper of the Natural History Collections, Science and Art Museum, Dublin) 1
Scottish Home Department. formerly Board of Agriculture for Scotland then Department of Agriculture for Scotland (1928-1939) (1939-:) 1
Wallace, Robert, Professor, 1853-1939 (professor of agriculture and rural economy) 1
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